The People that Walked in Darkness Have Seen a Great Light: Isaiah 9 Reframe. Even though Judah and Jerusalem will look to the earth and see troubles and darkness, there is hope. Although they will be driven to darkness, there is a brighter expectation.
The dimness will not be like it was during her vexation. At first, the land of Zebulun and Naphtali were lightly afflicted; afterward, they were more grievously afflicted by the way of the sea. Beyond the Jordan, in Galilee of the nations, they were grievously afflicted.
The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light. Those that stayed in the land of the shadow of death, the light has shined upon them. You have multiplied the nation but haven’t increased her happiness.
Unto Us, a Child is Born
They joy before you according to the joy in the harvest, like when men rejoice over the spoils they divide among each other. The yoke of their burden, the bar across their shoulders, and the rod of their oppressor, You have shattered like in the day of Midian.
Every boot used to trample in the battle and every garment rolled in blood will be burned like fuel for the fire. To us, a child is born and to us, a son is given; the government will be upon His shoulder.
His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, the Mighty Ruler, the Everlasting Father, and the Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His government and peace, there will be no end; it will be upon the throne of David.
Pride and Arrogance
His kingdom will be upon the throne of David to order and establish it with judgment and justice. It will be from that time throughout eternity; the zeal of the LORD ALMIGHTY of hosts will perform this all.
The MOST-HIGH Sovereign Lord sent a message into Jacob and it has lighted upon Israel. All the people will know, even Ephraim and the dwellers of Samaria. With pride and arrogance of heart, they will say, “The bricks have fallen, but we will rebuild with finished stone; the sycamores have been grounded, but we will replace them with cedars.”
Therefore, the LORD ALMIGHTY will set up the adversaries of Rezin against him and join him with more enemies together. Syria (Aram) from the east, the Philistines from the west have devoured Israel with mouths wide open.
The Head and the Tail
Despite all of this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still stretched out. Because the people do not turn to Him who struck them, nor do they seek the LORD of Hosts.
So the LORD ALMIGHTY will cut off Israel’s head and tail, but their palm branch and their reed in a single day. The head is the elder and honorable man, the tail is the prophet that teaches lies.
The leaders of these people cause them to error; they mislead them and are thus swallowed up in the lies. Therefore the LORD ALMIGHTY takes no pleasure in their young men. He has no compassion for their fatherless and widows.
Wickedness Burns Like a Fire
Because every one of them is godless and wicked; they are hypocrites, all their mouths speak foolishness. Despite this all, His anger is not turned away; His hand is stretched out still against the people of Judah and Israel.
Don’t you know wickedness burns like a fire that consumes the thorns and briers; it lights up the forest thickets that roll upward in columns of smoke? By the wrath of the LORD of Hosts, the land is scorched; the people are fuel for the fire. Not one will spare his brother.
They will carve out what is on the right, but they will still be hungry. They have eaten what’s on the left, but are not satisfied still. Everyone will devour the flesh of his own arm and still will not be satisfied.
Manasseh and Ephraim together will be against Judah for days on in. In all of this, His hand is stretched out still.
Chapter Remarks
This chapter continues directly from the previous and even though Judah and Israel will go through darkness, they will receive light again. In Judges 7 and 8, the story of the judges eliminating the princes of Midian; is the reference made in verse four by Isaiah (Judges 7:25).
The ALMIGHTY will avenge Israel as in those days when the light comes back to them. What is this light? It is the fullness of the everlasting gospel, brought to them by the Son of Elohim, even the Holy Messiah.
For unto us a child is born and a son is given; the government will be upon His shoulder. This is Yashaya (Jesus) the Christ. He is the Prince of Peace. He sent His word or message into Jacob and it has shined on Israel.
Ephraim and Judah Are Cut Off
While they in whole will not receive it or receive it grudgingly, a remnant will receive it loud and clear. For those of Israel who refuse it, they will see calamities and distresses in their captivity.
However, for those who turn to see who struck them and return to the LORD ALMIGHTY, they will be preserved. This is the reason the LORD ALMIGHTY cut off from Israel the head and tail; within one millennium, the house of Ephraim and Judah were cut off from the land.
The honorable and elders were disposed of, men like Daniel and Jeremiah went out in the siege of Jerusalem as did the lying prophets who mislead the people.
Buring Forest
However, they may have been taken out differently, one more peaceful than the other, but still they were taken out. The Father ALMIGHTY takes no joy in the hypocrite and evildoer and will continue to strike them until they repent or die.
What the people of the earth are not putting together is the parallel between the land burning and the wickedness of the land. As mentioned in a previous posting, the forest fires of California and the west coast of the US speak volumes.
Wickedness burns like a fire and it devours the forest and the smoke is lifted up. It begins with the land but eventually, the people will be the fuel for the fire. The chapter concluded with an explanation for brother hatred among the children of Israel.
The Fullness of Everlasting Gospel
Manasseh and Ephraim will be against Judah and vice versa. They have been at odds since the split of the nation and it will continue until the fullness of the everlasting gospel is received. We pray for this, sooner than later.
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CHRIST came and said, “Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. His disciples asked, “Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?” This reminds us the LORD ALMIGHTY said, “And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
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Since noone actually knows what God commumicated to Iasiah (9) –whether audition, vision, both —and given the darkness of the holocost, I wondered if any Jewish scholars saw the reinsataement of the Nation of Israel in 1948 as the event Isaiah was indicating—— to be again on the same land, with the same cult and language— surely a great light upon the people…
But then I wonder where the Messiah ciomes in—
Just thinking…
Greetings Claudette, thanks for the comment. Read more of the postings on this site so you can get a better picture of the real events. The events that took place in 1948 are not connected to Isaiah 9.